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    "id": 702053,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njomo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1784,
        "legal_name": "Jude L. Kangethe Njomo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I, the undersigned on behalf of the residents of Indian Bazaar in Kiambu Sub-County, Kiambu Couty draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Article 42 of the Constitution of Kenya grants every person the right to a clean and healthy environment and that a clean environment is key to the wellbeing of residents; THAT, the Kiambu County Government has established a dumpsite referred to as Gioto Dumpsite in one of the estates in Kiambu Town without following due process; THAT, the said dumpsite is located in the middle of a human settlement neighbouring Hekima Estate, several schools, churches, business promises and other public utilities; THAT, the dumpsite emits a bad stench which is a health hazard to the residents, pupils and the business community in the area; THAT, the residents are incurring immense medical expenses due to ailments occasioned by pollution from the dumpsite; THAT, the dumpsite is a security threat to the residents as a number of organised criminal gangs reside in the dumpsite; THAT, there is no waste management system in place resulting in encroachment of the neighbourhood; THAT, on several occasions Petitioners have consulted and pleaded with the relevant authorities to resolve the matter to no avail, and; THAT, the issues in respect of which this Petition is made are not pending before any court of law or any constitutional or legal body. Therefore, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly through the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources:- (i) Intervenes and ensures the closure of the Gioto Dumpsite. (ii) Recommends that the relevant authorities establish a dumpsite away from human habitat. (iii)Ensures that the Petitioners’ plight are addressed, and (iv) Makes any other order or direction that it deems fit in the circumstances of the Petition. Your petitioners will ever pray. Hon. Speaker, the residents of Kiambu are just praying that this House intervenes ---"
}